Gary Lucas Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga

Greater Atlanta Area

As VP of Education for Arch Pro Coding - Gary has particular focus in helping medical business decision makers in the rural and community health to manage their clinical documentation and revenue cycle processes by providing access to a superior eLearning platform & onsite face-to-face professional education for physicians, revenue cycle staff, and health information professionals. Gary authors and maintains the nation's only professional certification for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers. "Learn More to Earn More" and become a Rural or Community Health - Coding & Billing Specialist (RH-CBS or CH-CBS). The need for clinical providers and professional coding staff to establish routine and effective communications about how medical documentation is captured, reported, and reimbursed remains a sharp focus of Arch Pro Coding. America's Safety Net facilities in rural and urban health care shortage areas should build and maintain their knowledge levels about key issues including CPT, HCPCS-II, Evaluation and Management documentation, major and minor surgical package rules, bundling related to the Correct Coding Initiative, and more.Arch Pro Coding focuses on the People, Processes, and Technologies related to medical records documentation and its translation into medical data that is captured and used for measuring clinical care quality,optimizing revenue and compliance, and for local, federal, and international public health reporting.Arch Pro Coding focuses on bringing together the licensed care professionals and the staff they work with who perform the business processes associated with professional coding and medical billing through a blended learning solution including access to training and education 24/7, on-demand, and accessible on all devices.www.ARCHProCoding.com

Decatur, Ga (Atlanta)

As President of Discover Compliance Resources, Inc., Gary provides various consulting services to his clients as well as through close associations with other healthcare firms. As an example, he served as Senior Adjunct Faculty and Director of Education for the Association of Rural Health Professional Coders and is now VP of Education Operations. He has provided nationally recognized continuing education to the rural health associations of GA, SC, AL, CT, CO, LA and many more as well as state hospital and primary care associations. A particular focus is on helping clients manage the transition to ICD-10 by October of 2015 and beyond via a blended learning solution utilizing his healthcare-focused eLearning management system.We will be focusing on helping health care stakeholders design and develop healthcare/revenue cycle software applications & implement the federally mandated transition to the ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) diagnostic and procedural code sets along with our industry experts on EHRs, CACs, and ICD-10 CM/PCS training.We will also provide PMO-level support to decision-makers who will be guiding their organization's transition to ICD-10-CM and PCS and focusing on EHR integration, clinical documentation, and quality management, and revenue management.As an AHIMA ICD-10 Ambassador and an AAPC Certified Instructor (CPC-I), I can pledge the highest level of commitment to helping your organization to build & maintain high levels of cooperation and knowledge related to professional coding.I was the first individual nationally to re-tool the standard college-level 80-hour test preparation course to be provided successfully in only 24 hours of instruction, known in the industry now as coding "Boot Camps". His instruction has helped hundreds of medical professionals earn nationally recognized professional credentials. He will continue to focus on providing access to knowledge for healthcare providers wherever they are.

Atlanta, Ga

The ArtReach Foundation (ArtReach) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Atlanta, GA. When natural or military disaster strikes, leaving thousands of traumatized children in its wake, The ArtReach Foundation offers hope. Through a unique program using expressive arts and creative problem solving, those affected are offered the tools necessary to heal and live productive lives.PROJECT HAITI will work to assist teachers, parents, caregivers, and children through the use of therapeutic arts activities for the growth and development of children who have experienced the traumatic effects of natural disaster. By using DANCE, MUSIC, PAINTING, WRITING and DRAMA in culturally appropriate ways, metaphor allows for the traumatized imagination to approach the unapproachable, to address the unspeakable in image and story, and to shift one’s internal experience to allow for gradual illumination when the heart and mind are ready to process trauma, redefine it, and place it in a “safe place” of gone but not forgotten.PROJECT AMERICA (completed) addressed the “invisible wounds” of war – combat stress, Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) of our Wounded Warriors, and secondary effects on military families and providers.http://artreachfoundation.org/

I passed the AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM & PCS Trainer program in December 2011. I have been an AAPC certified CPC and CPC-I for over a dozen years.In addition to providing over 1300 training sessions while traveling to 49 states over the past 18 years, I have provided consulting and auditing services to large medical centers, Military Health Systems (US and int'l), VA Medical Centers, CDC, medical device manufacturers, CMS, pharmaceutical companies, and state rural health associations.

Atlanta, Ga

TracePoint's unique combination of expertise, technology, and integrity has continually set new standards of quality in the training industry. We provide learning opportunities in two intertwined spheres. We empower companies with our Education and Training Programs through a coordinated Organizational Change Management (OCM) program. From the inception of the project, TracePoint works to ensure clients realize gains by addressing the human factor, an oftentimes overlooked but critical element of any successful technology initiative.Our experience in large-scale IT transformations includes work with the CDC, Piedmont Health Care, SAP, McKesson, and many others.

I just completed an engagement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) serving as a Secret Shopper looking to detect and prevent fraud and abuse during the Annual Enrollment Period for Medicare Part C managed care programs.I was recently tasked to Project HERO with the Denver Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Business Office for non-VA care where we are coordinating a change to the reimbursement methodology for when veterans receive care at a non-VA facility. In essence, this marks a key change related to how the VA pays for $4 billion of claims annually. These claims will now be priced at Medicare/CMS rates and our team is supporting efforts to make the change smooth thus saving significant money to the government.In my previous consulting engagement, I worked on the CDC's Vaccine Management Business Improvement Project through Booz Allen Hamilton - IT and strategy consultants to the federal government. In this role, I served CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases as the Booz Allen Training Lead from September 2008 - February 2011. Coordinated with the Organizational Change Management team to plan for, develop, deliver, and maintain end user training for an SAP ERP implementation (CRM, MM, FI/FM, ECC) to around 100 CDC staff, 600 state/local immunization program staff, and ultimately 80K health care providers ordering publicly-funded vaccines through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. The VFC program distributes close to $4 billion of free vaccines annually constituting almost half of the entire CDC annual budget.Previous Booz Allen projects involve working with various VA Medical Centers in California, large non-profit hospital systems, physician revenue cycle projects, and compliance efforts for CMS fraud, waste, and abuse services. I have 16 years experience as a business consultant and training SME for health care organizations specializing in physician reimbursement and revenue cycle management.

Successful delivery of private practice physician consulting and training services on a myriad of critical healthcare topics including Medicare Compliance, Practice Management in a Medical Office, Coding for Optimal Reimbursement, Personnel Management, Collections & Insurance, Managed Care Rules & Regulations, and Marketing. Conducted client analyses which included interviewing personnel, analyzing financials, and auditing medical records documentation to identify areas of additional possible reimbursement and areas of non-compliance with insurance payer guidelines. As Director of Professional Development, Gary often took the lead role in “training the trainer” by teaching new and established colleagues how to provide medical chart reviews and nationally recognized Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to client medical personnel and their support staffs. Common training sessions were related to insurance reimbursement, coding, managed care contracting, fee schedule analysis, the Resource Based Relative Value System (RBRVS), and various state and federal compliance standards.

Bachelors In Business Administration, Marketing

Master Of Science In Health Informatics, Health Care Informatics

Master Of Science In Health Informatics

Master Of Science In Health Informatics

Master Of Science In Health Informatics

Master Of Science - Ms, Health Informatics

Master Of Science - Ms, Health Informatics